Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 21:14:15 -0400 From: Laurence Berland <stuyman@confusion.net> To: K.J.Bosschaart@tue.nl Cc: Marc van Woerkom <marc.vanwoerkom@science-factory.com>, browna4@rpi.edu, FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux games under FreeBSD Message-ID: <39989967.708156C2@confusion.net> References: <Pine.A41.3.96.1000812172907.152620A-100000@vcmr-19.rcs.rpi.edu> <20000814133050.6C6B92002@nil.science-factory.com> <20000814162051.A52479@wop21.wop.wtb.tue.nl>
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I work on a fairly heterogeneous network at work, and while I've never tried to play games on RH, I did notice that cds go somewhere other than /cdrom. Did you try /usr/compat/linux/mnt/cdrom? Just guessing... L "Karel J. Bosschaart" wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 14, 2000 at 03:30:50PM +0200, Marc van Woerkom wrote: > > > Has anyone gotten Linux games( ie Loki software games like Quake 3 ) to > > > work under BSD? And ifff so how? and also which 3D accelorator is most > > > likely to give the least amount of problems under BSD? thank you > > > > Here is a bit of information: > > > > http://people.freebsd.org/~3d/apps/games/quake3 > > http://people.freebsd.org/~3d/apps/games/unreal_tournament > > > > If anyone has new hints, I would love to post it too. > > > Recently I succeeded to get UT version 4.25 running on FreeBSD, by using > the binary from Loki Games in RH 6.1 and transferring the patched files to > FreeBSD. Running the binary in FreeBSD gives some trouble... I've come to the > point where it keeps asking for the CD to be mounted even when I've mounted the > CD almost everywhere, including copying the contents to /usr/compat/linux/cdrom > and run the binary in a chroot'ed linux bash shell. Anyway, in RH 6.1 it runs > fine (but I didn't succeed yet in getting my voodoo2 card to work in Linux... > it works well in FreeBSD 4.0 on the same machine with the exact same rpm...). > > Also, I installed libmikmod in /usr/compat/linux so now I have music in ut :-). > Would it be useful that I write some notes about it so it can be added to > the above mentioned ut-page? How about the patching? People without a > Linux distro are in trouble. An option is to redistribute the patched files > in some form (would need Loki permission I guess?) or to keep trying to > hack the Linux patch binary some more... > > BTW, patching from 4.00 to 4.13 can be done quite easily in FreeBSD, but > this step is not needed for 4.00 -> 4.25. > > A cool thing about 4.25 is that it supports OpenGL, so it should work on > a wider variety of cards than the 4.00 version (only 3dfx). I didn't try yet, > but I think that I'll give it a shot with my G200. > > Regards, > Karel. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Laurence Berland <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Windows 98: n. useless extension to a minor patch release for 32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition. http://stuy.debate.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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